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Where the Wild Things Will Be

Submitted by boygirlpartay

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: where the wild things are, maurice sendak, spike jonze, dave eggers, movie

According to the IMdb, a screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak's award-winning book Where the Wild Things Are is in production with Spike Jonze credited as the director and Dave Eggers as one of the screenwriters.


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Something to look forward to...sometime in 2008.

Meanwhile, revisit the classic book or visit Maurice Sendak's gift shop full of original work and lovingly run by his assistants.

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Signon

Signon

Austin, TX
June 2005

AUG 18, 2006 03:32 PM

...God help me, I'm trying to imagine coolness here, but all I can see is the live action versions of the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

AUG 18, 2006 03:40 PM

Starring Benicio Del Toro, too! biggrin

NotoriousCAT

NotoriousCAT

Atlanta, GA
January 2004

AUG 18, 2006 03:46 PM

this is awesome!
but i can't find any info on the movie version of 'harold and the purple crayon' that i had heard that he at one point was planning on making. confused

ThisIsWhoWeAre

ThisIsWhoWeAre

Oakland, CA
July 2004

AUG 18, 2006 04:20 PM

The cast list on IMDB all say "voice". So I assume it'll be animated, not live action. smile

Signon

Signon

Austin, TX
June 2005

AUG 18, 2006 05:23 PM

ThisIsWhoWeAre said:
The cast list on IMDB all say "voice". So I assume it'll be animated, not live action. smile



Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou

Margot_Dent

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA
February 2004

AUG 18, 2006 06:07 PM

please please please dont fuck this up, guys.

Niobe

Niobe

I'm lost
April 2003

AUG 18, 2006 06:15 PM

It's a pretty short book. I hope it's good. It will expand on the Where the Wild Things Are week that I have every year in my classroom.

thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

AUG 18, 2006 09:01 PM

Signon said:
...God help me, I'm trying to imagine coolness here, but all I can see is the live action versions of the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch.



I doubt Spike Jonze would fuck it up that much.

-TM

Martini

Martini

SUICIDEGIRL

Ontario, Canada

AUG 18, 2006 09:13 PM

eeek
oh my jesuschristonacracker!!!! biggrin

xo

Signon

Signon

Austin, TX
June 2005

AUG 18, 2006 09:24 PM

thefreak said:

I doubt Spike Jonze would fuck it up that much.

-TM



I wasn't doubting Jonze, just the general track record for adapting classic kids' literature into movies.

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

AUG 19, 2006 04:20 PM

Signon said:

thefreak said:

I doubt Spike Jonze would fuck it up that much.

-TM



I wasn't doubting Jonze, just the general track record for adapting classic kids' literature into movies.



or any literature, FTM.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

AUG 19, 2006 04:27 PM

orpiment said:

Signon said:

thefreak said:

I doubt Spike Jonze would fuck it up that much.

-TM



I wasn't doubting Jonze, just the general track record for adapting classic kids' literature into movies.



or any literature, FTM.



What, like Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, The Godfather, Schindler's List, The Wizard of OZ, and The Graduate?

spamtwo

spamtwo

United Kingdom
April 2006

AUG 19, 2006 04:35 PM

Unless the film is 20 minutes long I can't see it being very good

Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

AUG 19, 2006 04:58 PM

spamtwo said:
Unless the film is 20 minutes long I can't see it being very good



They'll fill out the rest with shots of Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon making out with each other.

Solaris

Solaris

SUICIDEGIRL

British Columbia, Canada

AUG 21, 2006 07:54 AM

for some reason i am less scared about this than i am about 'fantastic mr. fox' or whatever that wes anderson will be putting out. i hope they are both very good though. as much as i love wes anderson, i have complete and utter faith in spike jonze.

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